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Question...What do you do next
in y o jr field if you have received
national acclaim, is running a suc
cessful business, taught many o f the
other top names in the field and is
respected and im itated by many
others across the country?
Answer...If you are drummer Mel
Brown, you get involved in an up
coming national television show,
continue to run a thriving business,
teach your craft to youngsters and
continue to th r ill jazz lovers with
good cookin'.
Mel finds himself in this enviable
position after years o f paying dues
and keeping his nose to the grind
stone. I can remembr Mel playing
drums in the Washington High
School marching band during Rose
Festival parades. I next remember
Mel a number o f years later working
at the now defunct C otton Club.
Even then, Mel must have been
looking ahead to something because
on his breaks you could find him sit
ting in the restaurant portion o f the
establishment doing his school
work.
A lot has happened fo r Mel
between then and now. He operates
M el B ro w n ’s Drum Shop at 422
S.E. Grand Avenue; a place where
drummers and would be drummers
can come in and buy whatever they
need in the way o f equipment or
lessons and/or take a lesson from
the master him self. Mel has ex
cellent help at the shop and i t ’ s a
good thing too because he spends
alot o f his time on the road with
Diana Ross. Wherever Diana per
form s, Mel is in the back driving
that big 4Ü piece orchestra with his
drums.
Mel must have an ear for talent
too because when Ms. Ross needed
a pianist, Mel supplied one in the
person o f Portlander George Mitch
ell.
W hile he contemplates his next
musical move, Mel thinks most
about the television show that w ill
go into production sometime in the
Spring. He says it ’ s a strip variety
show, sort o f like the Johnny Car-
son show. He is the contractor for
the band and as such put together a
ten piece group mostly New York
Musicians.
Another thing on his mind is get
ting back into the recording studio.
Many local Mel Brown fans are
fam iliar with his albums done with
organistBilly Larkin and guitarist
Hank Swarn when they were the
Delegates but what a lot o f folks
don’ t know is that Mel once upon a
time went to London and recorded
with the Beatles.
He would like to begin recording
again particularly in the jazz bag.
Mel is not only good, he is ver
satile. I asked him what his favorite
drumming situation is...jazz quin
tet, trio , big band, show band, or
funk. Brown says he wishes he had a
situation where he could perform in
each setting one night a week for a
total o f five nights w ork.
But he did say if he had his choice
o f Portland musicians to put
together a jazz quintet,he would
have young George Mitchell, piano;
Phil Baker, bass; Thara Memory,
trumpet, and either Sonny King or
Dennis Springer on Saxophone. I
would like to hear that group re
corded.
Even though a lot o f Portland
drummers readily admit either
taking lessons from Mel or being in
fluenced by just listening to him, he
admits that two local hornmen
taught him a lot about drumming.
He refers to trum peter Bobby
B radford and trom bonist Cleve
Williams.
He says the two veterans (aught
him how to phrase with a band and
the importance o f fo llo w in g a
vocalist.
Mel remembers the jazz scene in
Portland 15 years ago and the fact
there were more jobs than now. He
says, “ If you are a pianist, drummer
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Television is influencing our
children as much as parents and
schools and far more than church.
Public pressure has moderated
the amount o f violence on TV
during fam ily viewing hours but
other worrisome TV habits must be
monitored by parents.
"H e a v y TV viewing removes
children from direct real-life ex
periences that are essential for in
tellectual, social and physical
development,” Straatman explains.
“ In pre-schoolers, it increases rest
lessness, decreases imaginative play,
lowers comprehension and in te r
feres with social and communicative
activities.”
For many, TV has become the
m ajor shaper o f their view o f the
w orld and how they should act in
that w orld. No wonder it is often
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or bass player, you can find a lot of
hornmen to get work particularly in
work in Portland today but if you
a quintet type setting
are a horn man you’ re apt not to
And there are a lot ot Mel’s fans
work nearly as often."
But Mel is optimistic. He says the who are hoping that one o f those
quintets would be Mel Brown’s own
city is easing back into a jazz type
group.
thing which should pave the way for
referred to as the "flic k e rin g blue
parent.”
“ I l’s hard to say how much TV is
too much, but when it crowds out
running and jum ping out doors,
reading or being read to,
hom ework, chores, playing with
others, doing things with the family,
hobbies, or sleeping, it is too
much,” the specialist says.
"Is it alright for children to have
a TV in their bedroom ?” one
mother asked. “ W ould you pul a
refrigerator fu ll o f food in their
bedroom and allow them to eat ant
amount and type of food they
wanted without your supervision?"
Straatman replies.
We pay close attention to guiding
our children’s habits and must learn
to take the same responsibility for
their TV intake.
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"A lth o u g h 98 percent of homes
in the U.S. have TV, parents are not
defenseless against its in tru sio n ,"
says
Straatman.
Practicing
television control is no different
than practicing principles o f good
n u tritio n , desirable behaviors or
health habits with children.
“ Teamwork is the most effective
method for fam ily control o f
v ie w in g ." Straatman points out.
"Begin with selective viewing.”
I'.it chi ', and children can decide
winch s tio w s w ill be watched
t o g c tlic i I fiis can be done on a day-
lo-da> b a s is lor small children and
on a week-to-week basis for older
ones.
When the show is over, turn o ff
the set. Be prepared to suggest other
activities to follow such as outdoor
play, snack time, play time or study
time.
Adults are needed to help children
interpret what they are viewing.
Four or five year old youngsters
have little ab ility to separate fact
from fantasy or the subtle meanings
o f the behavior they view.
They use words heard on TV
programs without the vaguest idea
o f the meaning.
Adults react to most TV content
with silence. Children have no way
of knowing whether behavior is ac
ceptable or unacceptable unless
parents speak up about the scenes
that are in opposition to their values
and applaud or voice approval for
those they do approve.
Children learn their values and
behavior through imitation of what
they see and hear. "P arental
G uidance" means that adults
should be present to help children
determine actions that are accep
table in their family and in the world
beyond.
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TV: What is its effect on children?
A fte r 20 years o f television in
American homes, parents and
educators arc beginning to show
concern abou. the effects it has on
the development o f children and
y o u th ," says M a rilyn I.unner
Clackamas County Extension agent.
"S tudies conducted by social
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indicating strong media influences
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" A recent survey revealed that
pre-schoolers watch an average o f
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‘ looking’ takes up the equivalent o f
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